Psihologija 2015 Volume 48, Issue 2, Pages: 101-117
https://doi.org/10.2298/PSI1502101S
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Frustration intolerance and unconditional self-acceptance as mediators of the relationship between perfectionism and depression
Stanković Sanda (Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Psychology, Belgrade + Medical College „Milutin Milanković“, Belgrade)
Matić Marija (Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Psychology, Belgrade)
Vukosavljević-Gvozden Tatjana (Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Psychology, Belgrade)
Opačić Goran (Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Psychology, Belgrade)
The aim of the present study was to further clarify the basic mechanism
through which maladaptive perfectionism leads to depression, using the
rational-emotive behavior therapy (REBT) framework. Previous studies have
shown that depression is not associated with high personal standards, but
rather with the tendency to evaluate one’s self-worth based on the attainment
of these standards, i.e. conditional self-acceptance. The goal of this study
was to investigate for the first time the mediating role of frustration
intolerance beliefs in this relationship, beyond and above the contribution
of unconditional self-acceptance (USA) beliefs. The sample consisted of 321
undergraduate students. Consistent with REBT theory, the structural equation
modeling showed that both frustration intolerance and USA mediated the
relationship between maladaptive perfectionism and dysphoria, with
frustration intolerance beliefs being the stronger mediator. There was no
evidence that maladaptive perfectionism influenced dysphoria independently of
its effect on frustration intolerance and USA.
Keywords: perfectionism, depression, frustration intolerance, unconditional self acceptance